Originally Posted by
tarheelfan72
The game was a pure coin flip from the beginning and to have capped it as otherwise was a mistake. Doesn't matter that RI was up at the end and blew it. The fact is UNC shot 50% from the line, friggin' 2-17 from the arch, and missed countless point blank layups which kept the game close throughout. Both teams played like crap and couldn't catch cold, and both even looked bad to the point of on the take at times. Both are crappy to medicore teams, but have some talent, so trying to predict their performance on any given night is like trying to predict which way a squirrell in the street will dart next.
And, while it is cliche to say it, no game is won or lost on one call. RI still has two free throws to make even if the call is made. Most losing gamblers will find an injustice on a close loss but the fact is Vegas said it was a coin flip and it was a coin flip. It sucks for the folks with major $$$$$$ that the coin fell the wrong way at the end but the game was no less a coin flip because the coin fell wrong.